Senior Capstone Design Projects
2023/2024
Posters for 2023/2024 are expected to be published in Early May 2024
Safe Hands-Free Stroller
Elizabeth Schoemer, Alex Barbosa Gonzalez, Mariana Cournoyer
Advisor(s): Dr. Byers – click here to view poster
Power Pedal
Nouran Youssef, Matt Markovic, Christopher Neill, Obaid Ajoughlal
Advisor(s): Dr. Fixel – click here to view poster
Earthquake Prediction Algorithm Using Complied Data from Seismographic Networks
Chloe Sturgeon, Curtis Sloley
Advisor(s): Dr. Cheng and Dr. Fixel – click here to view poster
Wave Energy Harvesting
Tyler Gillette, Olivia McMichael, Zoë Tiffin, Alexandra Barrett
Advisor(s): Dr. Byers – click here to view poster
Handheld Heart Sound Display for Detecting Phonocardiogram Waveforms
Sam Musante, Abby Holland, Etsub Gebremariam
Advisor(s): Dr. Ning and Dr. Palladino – click here to view poster
Automatic-Reloading Baseball Tee
Michael Aceto, Hale Hescock, Christopher Zaino
Advisor(s): Dr. Mertens – click here to view poster
Harnessing Energy from Water Run-off
Eh Hsee, Daniel Nandsaram, Ethan Wilkie
Advisor(s): Dr. Byers – click here to view poster
Controlling a Robot Using Hand Gestures
Pavel Alejo, Jason Cloherty, Brandon Hudson
Advisor(s): Dr. Cheng and Dr. Fixel – click here to view poster
Heart Murmur Classification through Machine Learning Algorithms for Diagnostic Applications
Ashley FitzGerald
Advisor(s): Dr. Ning – click here to view poster
2022/2023
Sheet Music Generator
Isaiah Curry, Alan Zhao
Advisor(s): Dr. Cheng and Dr. Huang Click Here to View Poster
Quantifying a Rower’s Effectiveness
Gaelyn Dwyer, Mike Kulik, Adam Minahan, Chad Obrey
Advisor(s): Dr. Palladino and Dr. Byers Click Here to View Poster
Muscle Activation Visualizing System
Scarlett Gillette, Ali McNamara, Ananya Swamy
Advisor(s): Dr. Byers and Dr. Huang Click Here to View Poster
Coin Sorter
Dirceu Boca, Ihsan Uyan
Advisor(s): Dr. Cheng and Dr. Huang Click Here to View Poster
Autonomous Aerator
Gustavo Sanchez, Victor Vasquez, Harrick Wu, Yicheng Zhu
Advisor(s): Dr. Byers and Dr. Huang Click Here to View Poster
Nonlinear Measurements of Pulsing Restricted Flows
Lincoln Chapata, Sandra Ofori
Advisor(s): Dr. Ning and Dr. Byers Click Here to View Poster
Yarilo: A Green Roof Monitoring System
Max Edminster, Chance Perekslis, Sam Taishoff
Advisor(s): Dr. Mertens Click Here to View Poster
Supplemental Geothermal Heating and Cooling
Kevin Clark, Maalik McPherson, Eric Sinson
Advisor(s): Dr. Mertens Click Here to View Poster
2021/2022
Modeling Left Ventricular Pumping
Mackenzie Rosenberg, James Fahey
Advisor(s): Dr. Palladino – click here to view poster
Biomechanics of Human Movement
Archana Adhikari, Eduardo Velez
Advisor(s): Dr. Palladino – click here to view poster
Analysis of Human Gait: The Effect of Footwear
Olivia Fournier, Zoryanna Matlashewski
Advisor(s): Dr. Palladino – click here to view poster
Automated Smart Chess System
Miran Manasrah, Tobi Akerele, Samira Souley Hassane
Advisor(s): Dr. Cheng and Dr. Fixel – click here to view poster
Material Characterization and Reduction of Thermal Deformation of Continuous Carbon Fiber Reinforced PEEK Parts Produced by Open Environment Fused Filament Fabrication
Boran Cui, Alexander Prigge, Jack Rindini
Advisor(s): Dr. Mertens – click here to view poster
Flow Visualization and Scaling
Kieran Neath, Pierrette Umwaliwase, Marcus Mashanda
Advisor(s): Dr. Byers – click here to view poster
Omnidirectional Force Sensor
Catherine Sweet, Natalia Ortiz, Lily Rowan
Advisor(s): Dr. Byers and Huang – click here to view poster
Virtual Reality Muscle Activation Visualizer
Brenna Hoar, Game Boonyawat, Cam Crowley
Advisor(s): Dr. Huang – click here to view poster
Biometric Cyber-Pen
Winner of the 2020 Travelers Companies Foundation Senior Research Prize
Divas Subedi, Isabella Yung, Digesh Chitrakar
Advisor(s): Dr. Huang – click here to view poster
Human Gait Symmetry Analysis via Inertial Measurement Unit
Martin Rios, Miftaha Badada, Zong Cheng
Advisor(s): Dr. Blaise and Dr. Huang – click here to view poster
2020/2021
Rectilinear Motion Snake Robot
Diego Barcena, Gio Flores, and Jihang Xu
Project Advisor(s): Dr. Clay Byers and Dr. Kevin Huang – poster not available
Autonomous Ornithopter Take-Off
Kirk Boyd, Nathan Dancy, and Weiqi Gao
Project Advisor(s): Dr. Clay Byers and Dr. Kevin Huang – poster not available
Linearly Regulated Current Source Design
Andrew Clark, Nathaniel Martinez
Project Advisor(s): Dr. Deborah Fixel – poster not available
Supervised Heart Murmur Classification Through Machine Learning
Evelyn Luciani and Chloe Salisbury
Project Advisor(s): Dr. Taikang Ning – poster not available
Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks Topology Modeling Using Temporal Complex Networks
Skyler Szot and Physiwell Maume
Project Advisor(s): Dr. Lin Cheng and Dr. Taikang Ning – poster not available
Simple Index Card Printer as an Open-Source Project (SICPOP)
Edwin Aldrich and Logan Drescher
Project Advisor(s): Dr. John Mertens and Dr. Clay Byers – poster not available
Portable System to Measure Torsion on Shafts
Dean Pope and Tommy Wickham
Project Advisor(s): Dr. Joseph Palladino – poster not available
A Novel Sensor Fusion Method for Respiration Signal Evaluation
Anthony Ragazzi III
Project Advisor(s): Dr. Taikang Ning and Dr. Kevin Huang – poster not available
Respiration Distress Signal Classification Via Machine Learning
Winner of the 2021 Travelers Companies Foundation Senior Research Prize
Jacob Belemjian
Project Advisor(s): Dr. Taikang Ning – poster not available
System Design and Spectral Analysis of Turbulence for Aortic Valve Stenosis
Hannah Zukowski, Winrose Mollel, and Marco Rupp
Project Advisor(s): Dr. Clay Byers and Dr. Taikang Ning – click here to view poster
2019/2020
Autonomous Robotic Chess Board
Shahnila Malik `20, Chloe Gillian `20, Meizi Wu `20, Olga Koszykowska `20
Project Advisor(s): Professor Fixel – click here to view poster
Catching a Wave: Power Generation Through Simulated Ocean Waves
DeShawn Adams `20, Ahmed Eldmerdash `20, Valentino Nicoletta `20
Project Advisor(s): Professors Byers – click here to view poster
Autonomous Docking
Chris Rowe `20
Project Advisor(s): Professor Fixel – click here to view poster
Quantifying and Classifying Heart Murmurs Using Machine Learning
Erin Evangelista `20, Fabiana Guajardo `20
Project Advisor(s): Professor Ning – click here to view poster
Walk-In Freezer Thermodynamic Study
Thoboki Mohohlo `21
Project Advisor(s): Professor Mertens – click here to view poster
Autonomous Robo-Assistant
Hannah Neufeld `20, Donovan Palmer `20
Project Advisor(s): Professor Mertens – click here to view poster
High Fidelity Stereo
Andrew Deroche `20, Fiona McElroy `20, Farhan Rozaidi `20
Project Advisor(s): Professor Palladino – click here to view poster
Real Time Gaze Tracking for Robot Manipulation
Elias Kagabo `21, Mahmoud Khalil `20, Daniel Melesse `20
Project Advisor(s): Professors Huang and Ning – click here to view poster
Feedwater Supply Assembly
Winner of the 2020 Travelers Companies Foundation Senior Research Prize
Maria Boucher `20, Katherine Bullock `20
Project Advisor(s): Professor Byers – click here to view poster
System Design and Analysis of Turbulence to Determine Effect of Valve Stenosis on
Blood Flow for Heart Murmur Application
Colette Scheffers `20, Alex Sinson `20
Project Advisor(s): Professors Byers and Ning – click here to view poster
2018/2019
Reconfigurable Mobile Platforms
Andrew Agard `20, Joseph Orosco `19, and Emilio Viteri `19
Project Advisor(s): Professor Ning — click here to view poster
Wearable Telecommunication Sensor Embedded Glove
Alison Adamski `19, Yesenia Garcia Balbuena `19, and Stacy Lam `19
Project Advisor(s): Professor Cheng — click here to view poster
Infusion Therapy Device
Hanna Engstrom `19 and Shannon Phillips `19
Project Advisor(s): Professor Byers — click here to view poster
Battery Charging Bicycle Attachment
Devon deFilippi `19, Ukuch Gabriel `19, and Paul Swetz `19
Project Advisor(s): Professor Blaise — click here to view poster
Animal Image Processing
Justin Kim `19
Project Advisor(s): Professor Cheng — click here to view poster
Reconfigurable Rock Climbing Wall
Zane Chitty `19
Project Advisor(s): Professor Palladino and Professor Byers — click here to view poster
Self-Balancing Motorcycle
Winner of the 2019 Travelers Companies Foundation Senior Research Prize
Luke Duros `19, Gordon Hyduke `19, and Jack McInnis `19
Project Advisor(s): Professor Huang — click here to view poster
2017/2018
Virtual Reality Mediated Robot Teleoperation and Grasping
Mariam Avagyan ’18 , Prawesh Dahal ’18, and Kun Chen ’18
Project Advisor(s): Professor Huang — click here to view poster
Beat Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Pro
Hannah J. Shaievitz ’18, Katherine N. Haghdan ’18, Tasha N. Adams ’18, and Delaney J. Harrop ’18
Project Advisor(s): Professors Blaise and Church — click here to view poster
Kinetic Energy Converter and Charger
Nicholas P. Constantine ’18, Jack H. Stallman ’18, Abigail L. McInerney ’18, and Eric C. Gendron ’18
Project Advisor(s): Professor Blaise — click here to view poster
Automatic 3-Axis Camera Stabilizing Gimbal
Daming Xing ’18 and Daniel J. Hughes ’18
Project Advisor(s): Professors Blaise and Huang — click here to view poster
Automatic Chess Player
Winner of the 2018 Travelers Companies Foundation Senior Research Prize
Akrit Mudvari ’18, Deven J.D. Roberts ’18, Takuto Wada ’18, and Paul Ntege ’18
Project Advisor(s): Professor Fixel — click here to view poster
Liquid Nitrogen Propulsion System
Louis A. Cappucci ’18, Anthony A. Egeln Jr. ’18, and Dana A. Wensberg ’18
Project Advisor(s): Professor Mertens — click here to view poster
Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle
Brayan Duarte ’18, Gregory E. McKinnon ’18, Aaron M. Porter ’18, and Eduardo Murillo ’18
Project Advisor(s): Professor Huang — click here to view poster
Biomimetic AUV
Sean C. Coughlan ’18 and Alexander P. Laferriere ’18
Project Advisor(s): Professor Palladino — click here to view poster
Morphing Airplane Wing Model
Yuriy Syromyatnyk ’18 and Raneem H. Sharaf ’19
Project Advisor(s): Professor Palladino — click here to view poster
Ballbot
Adam N. Woo ’18, Graham E. Goodwin ’18, and Chloe M. Desjardins ’18
Project Advisor(s): Professors Huang and Mertens — click here to view poster
